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Poland could demand WWII reparations from Germany

Wed, 02/08/2017 - 14:24

(ANSA) - TRIESTE - Poland is looking into demanding
reparations from Germany for the massive losses inflicted on
Poland during World War II, Ap reported. The Polish parliament's
research office is preparing an analysis of whether to make the
claim.
"We are talking here about huge sums, and also about the fact
that Germany for many years refused to take responsibility for
World War II", leader of the conservative ruling party Jaroslaw
Kaczynski said in a radio interview. Defense Minister Antoni
Macierewicz said Germans need to "pay back the terrible debt
they owe to the Polish people". Germany has paid billions of
euros over the years in compensation for Nazi crimes.
World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland
in 1939, killed nearly 6 million Polish citizens and wrought
huge material loss on the country. The massive suffering
inflicted on Poland has been a topic of public discussion
recently as Poland marked the anniversary of the start of the
Warsaw Uprising of 1944. The doomed revolt against the Nazi
German occupying forces resulted in the killing of 200,000 Poles
and the near total destruction of Warsaw.

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